The Future of the American School System [Paperback]

Irving H. Buchen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2004 | ISBN-10: 1578861357 | ISBN-13: 978-1578861354

Here, Irving H. Buchen projects the future of public education for the next 25 years. He identifies and examines the major drivers of change, profiles all the critical educational constituencies, and offers a number of common sense solutions to current and subsequent problems. Buchen also provides scenarios of solutions to prove that new approaches are doable and viable. The Future of the American School System will: Identify the major drivers of change, Profile the roles of the major players, Define and offer solutions to the major problems, Express those solutions in scenario form, Pinpoint the rallying points for collective action. This book will be of interest to teachers, administrators, professional staff, school board members, parents, departments and professors of education, and all elected officials.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Irv Buchen represents the most hopeful aspect of education: Teaching that will empower both young and old for our rapidly changing world, which will be very different in the future than the world we now know. Teachers can and must learn to prepare students for the world in which they will be living—not for a world that has largely disappeared. Readers of THE FUTURIST magazine have found his work enormously enlightening. His new book presents the latest thinking of this dynamic educator and futurist. (Edward Cornish )

The title promises it all; the book delivers quite a bit. (CHOICE )

Dr. Buchen consistently has kept his critical eye on the future of education for the last two decades. Now with this monumental work he has tapped into the crux of the matter—the whole system, not one piece at a time. The last chapter, which presents solutions to current and future problems, alone is priceless! (Newell, Ron )

About the Author

Irving H. Buchen is Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Director of International Programs for IMPAC University, a member of the doctoral business faculty of Capella University, a Senior Principal of Canis Learning Systems, and training editor of The Futurist, the official publication of the World Future Society.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: R&L Education (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578861357
• ISBN-13: 978-1578861354
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,039,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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